Greens’ Hoekie

by Julian
I have lived in the countryside for almost 30 years, and I don’t think I’ve ever been so consistently cold for so long … and it’s the wind, sneaky, small and bitter that makes it so much worse.

Greens’ Hoekie

by Julian
Nature out of Sync
Wow! I don’t know if it’s global warming or cooling, with all the heavy rain and hail. And why it’s called “Sun”day I don’t know either, because for the last month it has never shone. We seem to be getting a Mediterranean climate and the Cape’s mad unusually heavy summer [...]

Greens’ Hoekie

by Julian
Why Pay More?
Continued from last month.
In Europe if you, as a private individual, generate surplus power from your own use, the National Commission buys your surplus from you. So it’s not  just the gravy boat floating down the river Hades of Greed demanding, in spite of incompetence, that we pay more for basic [...]

Greens’ Hoekie by Julian

Science Can Turn Us Green
Carrying on from last month, but changing the subject, a hotrod motorbike has been developed which runs off batteries. It has two huge electric motors that develop phenomenal power. It is faster than any hot-rodding machine ever built. So fast in fact that the top speed is limited because no-one can [...]

Garden Hoekie by Julian

Thoughts on Global Warming
It is vitally important to counteract pollution in all its forms today, because with the coming of global warming the melting of the Antarctic icepack will raise the sea levels by about 100 meters. This in turn will affect the ocean currents, especially the Cold Conveyor Current which is the one [...]

Garden Hoekie

by Julian

Let’s talk a little more about trees, the subject I raised last month.

Garden Hoekie

by Julian
Folks, I’m going to change tack a bit this month. It’s time to plant trees, trees, trees, trees.

Garden Hoekie

by Julian
At last the rains have arrived: it’s good to have the thunder and lightning. The southwest side of town had most of the downpour and there was some hail but most of the heavier falls happen towards Aliwal. Don’t despair; gardens may look awful for a short while after hail, and the mess [...]

Garden Hoekie by Julian

Spring Sprang – and Vanished!
Hi Folks
Spring Day arrived with a vengeance; the temperature plummeted, it snowed and it froze. Most of the Wisterias frosted, although I saw a huge white one that flowered so heavily that you couldn’t see a leaf on it.

Garden Hoekie by Julian

Well, I think the cold is almost past now, maybe just one or two cold snaps lasting a day or two, maybe a quick black frost which hits the wisteria in the bud.